NETS HOPE PIERCE, GARNETT PRODUCE ‘DAZZLING’ RESULTS

The blockbuster breakup of the Celtics is complete. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are Brooklyn-bound.

The Nets and Celtics finalized their draft-night trade Friday, a nine-player, three-draft-pick swap centered on the two aging champions who won a title with Boston in 2008.

And with a championship chapter in the Celtics’ storied history closed, it’s the Nets who are thinking big as they head into their second season in Brooklyn.

“Today, the basketball gods smiled on the Nets,” team owner Mikhail Prokhorov said in a statement. “With the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, we have achieved a great balance on our roster between veteran stars and young talents. This team will be dazzling to watch, and tough to compete against.”

The Nets also got Jason Terry and D.J. White from Boston, while sending Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, MarShon Brooks, Kris Joseph, Keith Bogans and first-round draft picks in 2014, 2016 and 2018 to the rebuilding Celtics. Boston also gets the right to swap first-round picks in 2017.

The teams agreed to the deal on June 27 but it couldn’t be completed until after next season’s salary cap was set. The Nets plan to introduce their new stars Thursday at Barclays Center.

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A day after being waived by the Lakers via the amnesty provision, Metta World Peace said he doesn’t want any NBA team to make a bid to pick him up off waivers, ESPN reported.

Not his hometown Knicks or the Nets. And not the Clippers. “I want to go to China, or coach or play arena football,” he said. World Peace said he has spoken to Yao Ming about joining his former Rockets teammate’s Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks. He said he’s had conversations with representatives from “a couple other teams” in China, as well.

• The Cavaliers welcomed their two newest players and continued to work on signing their biggest free-agent acquisition. Guard Jarrett Jack and forward Earl Clark signed their contracts Friday with the Cavs, who also have an agreement with center Andrew Bynum. The sides are still finalizing Bynum’s contract, so General Manager Chris Grant was unable to talk about the 7-foot center.

• Mavericks rookie guard Shane Larkin has a broken ankle and likely will be sidelined until training camp. Meantime, Dallas has struck a free-agent deal with guard Monta Ellis, according to ESPN, citing sources close to the process.